In Memory
Stephen Botka Sr.
Jun 23, 1919 - Mar 5, 1988
Stephen Botka, 68, of 1216 Poplar St., died at 8:10 a.m. Saturday in his home. He retired in 1982 from the Bendix Corp., where he worked for 42½ years. He was born on May 3, 1919, in South Bend and was an area resident all of his life.
On May 18, 1944, in Mishawaka, he married Anna May Snyder. She survives along with a son, Stephen Jr. of North Liberty; a grandson; and a sister, Betty Glenton of South Bend.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Kaniewski and Son Funeral Home. Burial will be in Chapel Hills Memorial Gardens in Osceola. Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. today and 3 to 9 p.m. Monday in the funeral home.
He was a World War II Army veteran and a member of Bendix United Auto Workers Local 9.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Joseph County Hospice or the Leukemia Foundation.
Sources: Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com and FindAGrave.com
09/09/2025 EJS
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